# Mustard gas = Bleach + Ammonia?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-gas-bleach-ammonia/527565>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 3, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-gas-bleach-ammonia/527565 "2010-02-03T19:10:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-gas-bleach-ammonia/527565/41 "2012-06-26T21:18:20Z")

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I’m assuming that poison gas was banned as a weapon of war for fear of zombie reprisal…

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-gas-bleach-ammonia/527565/42 "2012-06-26T21:39:07Z")

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Can chlorine gas be used to kill zombies?

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-gas-bleach-ammonia/527565/43 "2012-06-26T21:47:23Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> I just realized something: is this bleach and ammonia thing something you’re just supposed to know as you get old?? Because if not for that King of the Hill episode, I would have no idea! How do they expect people to know not to combine two common cleaning ingredients? Are there tiny instructions that says “Do not combine this with bleach/ammonia” for any reason!"?

Yes, there are such instructions. Apparently you’ve never read them.

Reading the instructions is something you learn as you get old.

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-gas-bleach-ammonia/527565/44 "2012-06-26T21:48:25Z")

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> [@Anne\_Neville](#):
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> Can chlorine gas be used to kill zombies?

Zombies are already dead.

You have to dissolve them, not just kill them.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-gas-bleach-ammonia/527565/45 "2012-06-26T22:59:52Z")

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> [@lance\_strongarm](#):
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> Zombies are already dead.
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> You have to dissolve them, not just kill them.

I’m dissolving this old thead.

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